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Rocky Mountain National Park – Photographing the Annual Elk Rut

September 20, 2009 1 Comment by Michael Mauro

Bull Elk – Rocky Mountain National Park There are four weeks I look forward to each year, roughly from the middle of September to the middle of October.  As the temperatures become cooler and daylight decreases, the season signals the elk to initiate their annual breeding cycle (aka the rut) and elk photography is absolutely [...]

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Smarter Than Your Average Elk

December 7, 2008 No Comments by Michael Mauro

I came up to Rocky Mountain National Park hoping to photograph elk and bighorn sheep…I didn’t find any bighorn sheep. But as you can see I did find this really nice bull and he was eating out of a bird feeder right in front of the cabin that I had rented. I shot quite a [...]

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